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DWSA Arts Auditions

DWSA Arts Auditions

The Mount Vernon City School District offers a creative opportunity for students entering grades 6 – 9 to excel academically and artistically. The Denzel Washington School of the Arts is designed for creative students interested in the arts. Students can apply from any Mount Vernon school and are admitted based on an audition in theatre, vocal music, dance, a visual arts portfolio, or playing a musical instrument in addition to a comprehensive application and an interview with the student and parent. The school will assist each student with discovering and nurturing their unique talent while also utilizing an arts framework to support success in academic classes. Students will transfer their creative skills to the classroom and build their cognitive framework and affective mindset to become strong readers, mathematicians, thinkers and learners.

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**Application Must Be Complete Prior to Audition

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Auditions

Middle and high school auditions will be held at DWSA on Wednesday, February 26, 2025, from 5 to 7 p.m., Friday, March 29, from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m., and Saturday, June 14, from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. 

DWSA Auditions

Middle and high school auditions will be held at Denzel Washington School of the Arts on Wednesday, February 26, 2025, from 5 to 7 p.m., Friday, March 29, from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m., and Saturday, June 14, from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m.

An application must be complete prior to the audition.

Click to view and download application

Subsidized Bus Passes

The Mount Vernon City School District is offering subsidized Metro Cards for $145 per semester, half of the full price of $290, for all grade 7-12 students. The Metro Card is only valid on Bee-Line buses, not MTA. Cards are valid for five months, September through January and February through June. Cards are valid Monday through Friday from 5:30 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. with up to four trips per day.

Contact Daffodil Graham at dgraham@mtvernoncsd.org, 914-358-2888, or in room 231 of Mount Vernon High School from 8 a.m. to 12 p.m. Monday through Friday. Submit cash or a money order payable to MVCSD to purchase the passes.